The Giants evened the National League Championship Series at three games apiece with their 6-1 triumph in Sunday's Game 6 at AT&T Park. Ryan Vogelsong struck out a career-high nine batters in seven innings and Marco Scutaro lined a two-run double in a four-run, second-inning uprising. More >

For the second time this month, Kyle Lohse is starting for the Cardinals with their season on the line. It will be Lohse vs. the Giants' Matt Cain in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series on Monday at 7 p.m. CT on FOX. More >

Chris Carpenter (four inning pitched) allowed five runs (two earned) over the first two innings, and St. Louis mustered little vs. Ryan Vogelsong, taking its pennant hopes to Game 7 after a 6-1 loss to the Giants in Game 6 on Sunday night. More >

The Cardinals may not have a defense problem, but they sure do have a timing problem. St. Louis' sixth error of the postseason cost the reigning World Series champions dearly in Game 6 of the NLCS. More >

Chris Carpenter might be a feel-good story, might be rightly lauded as a warrior for the way he's quickly come back from surgery, but Carpenter, in his present state, is unfit to be the ace the Cards have come to expect him to be this time of year. More >

This is typically the space for fancy analysis and deep thought, where numbers are picked apart in an effort to identify trends. But as the Cardinals face their third win-or-go-home game of this postseason, there's little need for such dissection. More >

The Cardinals played without Matt Holliday in Sunday's Game 6 loss to the Giants, and they may be left to play without their starting left fielder and three-hole hitter for the winner-take-all finale of the National League Championship Series on Monday. More >

With the Cardinals able to limit the production from the heart of the Giants' batting order so far in the National League Championship Series, the bottom of the lineup has been coming through to spur the offense. More >

The Giants held an optional workout at AT&T Park on Saturday in preparation for Sunday's Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, with the vast majority of the team electing to participate. More >

As St. Louis rides a deep and effective bullpen for a second consecutive season, it's hard to miss the parallels between the 2012 relief corps and the one the Cards relied so heavily on in the '11 postseason. More >

Competing is what the Giants do best, as general manager Brian Sabean has pointed out more than once. They lacked power, their once-dominant starting pitchers endured inconsistency and the offense needed more than half a season to gain a knack for situational hitting. More >